New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-22
A HOLE IN THE CELTICS BOW.
THREE OTHER BIG STEAMERS WITH HER.
SIGHTED BY THE ETRURA ABOUT 100 MILES FROM
SANDY HoOK-THE PASSENGERS DOUBTLESS
sAFE-MR. IsMAY GOING OUT
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SIGHTED BY THE ETRURIA ABOUT 100 MILEs FROM
SANDY HooK-THE PASSENGERS DOUBTLESS
sAFE-MR. IsMAY GOING OUT
TO HER IN A TUG.
The Cunard line steamer Etruria arrived here yester
day after passage of six days. nine hours and five min
utes from Queenstown. She brought word that short
distance out she had passed four steamships, three OF
which we're conveying the fourth White star liner
which appeared to have been in collision.
A TRIBUNE reporter visited tho Etruria last
night, to get more definite particulars. W. 8.
seccombc the mate. whose duty It is to enter all such
occurrences in the log board and readily all
the information he could This was tue entry he made
in the ships books
May 2lst 0:SO m 100 miles east Sandy Hook light.
tended by three other steamers
"Yes," said Mr.. Seccombe, "and q pretty sight IL
was. as well as an unusual one Tho four
"ss,e vessels were all coming west :. ana were were
thing like parallel lines One was leading,
little further back and two side by side
behind twas the injured ship that had the second or
you might call 1t the inside place. The weather was
quite clear at the time and they were only about
four miles to the southward, so We were
able to make out that it the White Star Celtic that
had met with the accident She had been
struck fair the bow. Her stern was
smashed in One of the convoy was as far as we could
mako out the Whte star Britannia. Tho
third vessel seemed to be tramp"
The fourth vessel not so
about SIZE certainly large passenger steamer
and there was conjecture that she the British
Queen. of the Inman Line, can't tell you anything
about that
"They were not towing but simply sailing along with
the Celtic They making slow rate OF speed
ana shortly after had sighted them donse fog came
on and we coul see nothing further Of them. There
signals OF distress anything Of the kind made,
and 10 indication that they required any extra aid 70
the Etruria did not join them"
On inquiring at the White Star line pier the re-
porter found that nothing known
beyond what the Etruria reported. Shortly before
IL o'clock j. Bruce Ismay, the agent Of the line,
drove hurredly up in cab dressed as IL he
had been called away on short notice from some
social affair He Immediately began to make
for getting tugboat to 90 down and meet
the Celtic and see exactly how matters
al really don't know anything more than what you
have got" he said. IL shall 20 down and
set the Britannia of on her trip TO Liverpool again"
To a who and anxiously inquired as to tho
safety OF the passengers he said, Oh they're all right"
At IL o'clock tho Celtic had not been sighted
of Sandy Hook. II the fog does hot lift
tho tugboat search party will have difficulty In
finding the three steamers and are not likely to get
back to the city TIL late this morning
Tho Celtic due at her picr yesterday. She is
boat with good record. and is not often late. The
Etruria left Liverpool on this trip some time after
sho did Tho Britannia left this port outward bound
on Wednesday. and must have met the Celtic at
considerable distance out she makes good mileage
every day.
Captain Cook tho Erura thinks from the character
OF the injury to tho Celics bows that she must hayo
run into nm lee ne or iceberg The White star Line
has OF late been remarkably free from mishaps
The Celtic IA OF 2430 tons burden, and
was built In 1871 Ter length is 437 feet; breadth 10
feet; depth, 81 feet
Tue steamer schcdam from Amsterdam which arrived
at the bar last night reported that NJ o'clock yessr
day morning. she passed the Celtic forty miles
of Nantucket The Celtic was In tow
OF White star steamer. supposed TO % the Brtannlc
an nman line steamer and a " tramp They were
then making about knots an hour On Tuesday
the schoidam sighted two icebergs.